University of Texas at Dallas
Erik Jonsson School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

EE 4360 Digital Communications (3 sem. hrs)
Fall 2003

Instructor: Dr. Andrea Fumagalli
Office: ECSN 3.524 - Phone: (972) 883-6853 - E-mail: andreaf@utdallas.edu
Web page: http://www.utdallas.edu/~andreaf/
Office hours:   T  5:00-6:00 p.m.    R  6:00-7:00 p.m.    appointment upon request

Teaching Assistant: Mr. Dhruvish Shah
Office: ECSN 3.520 - E-mail: dhruvish@student.utdallas.edu
Office hours:   F  10:00a.m. -1:00 p.m.   

Syllabus:
Download the syllabus

Covered Topics:
Download the list of topics covered by each exam

Textbook:
Proakis and Salehi, ``Communication Systems Engineering'', 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall.

Other suggested book:
Sklar, ``Digital Communications'', 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall.

Course objective:
In the last few decades, digital communication has drastically improved our quality of life. Amenities such as fax machines, pagers, cell phones, and internet, are now considered indispensable. None of them are possible without digital communication.

This course explores elements of the theory and practice of digital communications. The course will 1) model and study the effects of channel impairments such as noise and distortion, on the performance of communication systems; 2) introduce signal processing, modulation, and coding techniques that are used in digital communication systems.

Concepts/tools to be acquired in this course:

Pre-requisites:
EE 3350 (Communication systems). Thorough knowledge of signals and systems, linear algebra, and probability theory is essential.

Homework/Exam:


Homework will be given to test student's knowledge and understanding of the covered topics prior to each written exam. Homework and written exams must be individually done by each student without collaboration with others. No late homework will be allowed.

Grading policy:
Final grade will be determined using 10% of the homework grade and 45% of the best two among I midterm, II midterm, and final exam.